North Indian
Grilled Paneer Sandwich
Grilled Paneer Sandwich is North Indian home cooking, eaten at breakfast. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
- 4 bread slices
- 1 cup, crumbled paneer
- 1 small, chopped onion
- 1 small, chopped tomato
- 1 chopped green chilies
- 2 tbsp chopped cilantro
- 1/4 tsp red chili powder
- 1/2 tsp chaat masala
- 2 tbsp butter
- 1/4 tsp salt
How to cook it
- Heat a teaspoon of butter in a pan and saute the chopped onion until soft, about 2 minutes.
- Add the tomato, green chili, red chili powder, and salt, and cook for 2 minutes until the tomato softens.
- Crumble in the paneer and toss gently for 2 minutes until it warms through and picks up the spices, then stir in the cilantro and chaat masala and take off the heat.
- Spread the paneer filling over two bread slices and top each with the remaining slices to close the sandwiches.
- Butter the outside of the sandwiches and grill them on a hot tawa or pan, pressing lightly, until both sides are golden and crisp, about 2 minutes per side.
- Cut in half and serve hot.
Serve it with
A North Indian breakfast is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Grilled Paneer Sandwich, read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The sharp little thing
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Grilled Paneer Sandwich carries dairy and gluten. It is free of the remaining 8 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | Yes | Masala Omelette |
| Gluten | Yes | Masala Omelette |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Bands, not numbers. Dinejot does not weigh anybody's food, so it says light, moderate or hearty and stops there. This dish was read and set by hand.
- Calorie band
- Moderate
- Protein
- Medium
- Protein quality
- Complete
- Food groups it covers
- Dairy, Grains, and Vegetables
- How this was set
- Hand audited
When to cook it
Grilled Paneer Sandwich takes about 18 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at breakfast. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
More to cook
Cooked from the same things
Other dishes built on paneer, bread, and onion.
From the same kitchens
More cooking from North India.
Does the same job on the plate
Swap any of these in when you want a meal the same shape.
Cook this with your whole family
Dinejot plans breakfast, lunch and dinner as whole plates, built around the cooking you call home and filtered for the allergies at your table.
Meal suggestions support your goals. They are not medical advice. Please ask your doctor about your family's health needs.